The Astoria City Council met Monday afternoon in a closed door session to continue discussions about those who have applied for the city manager job and agreed on a preliminary list of seven possible finalists.

The following is a summary supplied by Clatsop County highlighting the County Commission meeting of June 25.

The board opened a public hearing on the North Clatsop Plains Sub-Area Plan. The plan implements proposed strategies developed by the 2012 Joint Land-Use Study, a cooperative project between Clatsop County, the Oregon Military Department and other partners aimed at reducing existing and potential conflicts between Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center and surrounding areas.

The council met in closed door executive session at noon Tuesday to begin the process of going over the applications the city has from city manager hopefuls and to define the hiring process going forward.

Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici and several Oregon advocates and lawmakers praised the White House's Summit on Working Families today and highlighted some of Oregon's family-friendly policies in the workplace.

Volunteers come in all shapes and sizes. During the holidays, people volunteer to ring little bells and collect money outside of stores because they want to help the poor. Children will volunteer their time at pet shelters because they love to be around animals. People will volunteer their time to a program or idea because it is something they believe in.

In the late evening hours Friday four Oregon men, one of which was a registered sex offender, and one of which was an ex-convict, were detained after Pacific County Sheriff Scott Johnson witnessed an explosion in the 5700 block of U.S. 101. The Sheriff was stopping to check out an old Aerostar van that appeared suspicious and that he knew did not belong in the driveway where it was parked. He pulled in behind the vehicle.

Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into the cause of Sunday morning's injury commercial truck crash that closed Highway 26 for several hours closed in both directions near milepost 35 in the Coast Range. Several thousand pounds of compressed seafood waste needed to be cleaned up and the vehicles removed from the scene. ODOT had a detour set up in both directions.

An Oregon Department of Transportation project is currently underway that will add centerline rumble strips to sections of U.S. 26 and U.S. 30. The project is part of a larger safety initiative to reduce roadway departure crashes such as head-on, crossover and fixed object crashes

Oregon State Police (OSP), with the assistance of Clatsop County Sheriff's Office, arrested a 41-year old Astoria woman Wednesday related to a February 2014 serious injury hit-and-run traffic crash investigation.